dj_bigbird:I call bullshiat on so many levels. First, this is a Faux news article. Secondly, there's no way in hell Faux news would publish an article that says the Earth is anything other than 6000 yrs old.

dj_bigbird:I call bullshiat on so many levels. First, this is a Faux news article. Secondly, there's no way in hell Faux news would publish an article that says the Earth is anything other than 6000 yrs old.

You know, you're just as bad as you say they are, when you have an attitude like that.

Seriously.

If your assumption is that every single thing they publish is false, your opinion is as close to the truth as you claim their news coverage is.

I'd love to stick around to discuss it, but I'm being called in JT9 on 20 meters.

dittybopper:dj_bigbird: I call bullshiat on so many levels. First, this is a Faux news article. Secondly, there's no way in hell Faux news would publish an article that says the Earth is anything other than 6000 yrs old.

You know, you're just as bad as you say they are, when you have an attitude like that.

Seriously.

If your assumption is that every single thing they publish is false, your opinion is as close to the truth as you claim their news coverage is.

I'd love to stick around to discuss it, but I'm being called in JT9 on 20 meters.

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dj_bigbird:I call bullshiat on so many levels. First, this is a Faux news article. Secondly, there's no way in hell Faux news would publish an article that says the Earth is anything other than 6000 yrs old.

I am endlessly fascinated by the amount of geological information available online. It's like exploring underground, with all the structures they're found and mapped, all having names. I was exploring New Hampshire geology, especially the ground underneath my farm, and it's pretty cool with plutons given names (Bethlehem Granodiorite) and a really cool site dedicated entirely to the geology of the Cold River area, explaining where the actual breaks are located between distinct rock structures...

Bathia_Mapes:dj_bigbird: I call bullshiat on so many levels. First, this is a Faux news article. Secondly, there's no way in hell Faux news would publish an article that says the Earth is anything other than 6000 yrs old.

HairBolus:If this was a super volcano 420 million years ago then what was its hot spot and where has it gone?

The New England Hot Spot was under Hudson Bay 200 million BP, drifted under New England, and then headed into the Atlantic to form the New England Seamount Chain.

Article says (not clearly enough I guess) that this Maine volcano was the result of subduction, in the Silurian, ~250 million years earlier.

Also, unfortunately the article's author decided to use the term "supervolcano", which most people in the US will associate with Yellowstone and hotspots. But Toba (mentioned repeatedly in the article) was a good old-fashioned subduction-driven supervolcano.

A hotspot is not necessary for a "supervolcano". All you need is a honkin' big magma chamber.

Do the people who write these stories understand verb tenses?It should be "Maine had supervolcanoes. Wait, Maine had volcanoes?" as the last eruptions happened 420 million years ago and Maine hasn't been volcanically active since then.

Suckmaster Burstingfoam:HairBolus: If this was a super volcano 420 million years ago then what was its hot spot and where has it gone?

The New England Hot Spot was under Hudson Bay 200 million BP, drifted under New England, and then headed into the Atlantic to form the New England Seamount Chain.

Article says (not clearly enough I guess) that this Maine volcano was the result of subduction, in the Silurian, ~250 million years earlier.

Also, unfortunately the article's author decided to use the term "supervolcano", which most people in the US will associate with Yellowstone and hotspots. But Toba (mentioned repeatedly in the article) was a good old-fashioned subduction-driven supervolcano.

A hotspot is not necessary for a "supervolcano". All you need is a honkin' big magma chamber.

eyeq360:Do the people who write these stories understand verb tenses?It should be "Maine had supervolcanoes. Wait, Maine had volcanoes?" as the last eruptions happened 420 million years ago and Maine hasn't been volcanically active since then.

The volcanos are still there, no? Just hundreds of millions years extinct. I could have read it wrong though.

dj_bigbird:I call bullshiat on so many levels. First, this is a Faux news article. Secondly, there's no way in hell Faux news would publish an article that says the Earth is anything other than 6000 yrs old.

You are more retarded than you think Fox News is. Their science reporting is actually pretty damn good.

machoprogrammer:dj_bigbird: I call bullshiat on so many levels. First, this is a Faux news article. Secondly, there's no way in hell Faux news would publish an article that says the Earth is anything other than 6000 yrs old.

You are more retarded than you think Fox News is. Their science reporting is actually pretty damn good.

machoprogrammer:dj_bigbird: I call bullshiat on so many levels. First, this is a Faux news article. Secondly, there's no way in hell Faux news would publish an article that says the Earth is anything other than 6000 yrs old.

You are more retarded than you think Fox News is. Their science reporting is actually pretty damn good.

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eyeq360:Do the people who write these stories understand verb tenses?It should be "Maine had supervolcanoes. Wait, Maine had volcanoes?" as the last eruptions happened 420 million years ago and Maine hasn't been volcanically active since then.

dj_bigbird:machoprogrammer: dj_bigbird: I call bullshiat on so many levels. First, this is a Faux news article. Secondly, there's no way in hell Faux news would publish an article that says the Earth is anything other than 6000 yrs old.

You are more retarded than you think Fox News is. Their science reporting is actually pretty damn good.

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picturescrazy:eyeq360: Do the people who write these stories understand verb tenses?It should be "Maine had supervolcanoes. Wait, Maine had volcanoes?" as the last eruptions happened 420 million years ago and Maine hasn't been volcanically active since then.

The volcanos are still there, no? Just hundreds of millions years extinct. I could have read it wrong though.

The article states that the geologist believes there were at least four eruptions and all that is left are volcanic rock fragments, ash, and remnants of volcanic magma chambers. Not volcanoes, but volcano remnants after the explosion.

eyeq360:picturescrazy: eyeq360: Do the people who write these stories understand verb tenses?It should be "Maine had supervolcanoes. Wait, Maine had volcanoes?" as the last eruptions happened 420 million years ago and Maine hasn't been volcanically active since then.

The volcanos are still there, no? Just hundreds of millions years extinct. I could have read it wrong though.

The article states that the geologist believes there were at least four eruptions and all that is left are volcanic rock fragments, ash, and remnants of volcanic magma chambers. Not volcanoes, but volcano remnants after the explosion.

dj_bigbird:I call bullshiat on so many levels. First, this is a Faux news article. Secondly, there's no way in hell Faux news would publish an article that says the Earth is anything other than 6000 yrs old.

Give it a rest, already! Adults talking about interesting stuff, so back to your coloring books.

picturescrazy:eyeq360: picturescrazy: eyeq360: Do the people who write these stories understand verb tenses?It should be "Maine had supervolcanoes. Wait, Maine had volcanoes?" as the last eruptions happened 420 million years ago and Maine hasn't been volcanically active since then.

The volcanos are still there, no? Just hundreds of millions years extinct. I could have read it wrong though.

The article states that the geologist believes there were at least four eruptions and all that is left are volcanic rock fragments, ash, and remnants of volcanic magma chambers. Not volcanoes, but volcano remnants after the explosion.

OK, then I did read it wrong. A little wine will do that.

It took a while for me to figure the article out as well. It reads like the article is stating that there were volcanoes there, then you read it some more and then you find out there are no volcanoes, but stuff that would prove a volcano existed back then.